MEDICAL FACILITIES AND OTHER RELATED ENTITIES
Nev. Rev. Stat. 449
in effectContents
section449.001. Definitions.section449.004. Facility for the care of adults during the day defined.section449.008. Halfway house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders defined.section449.012. Hospital defined.section449.013. Independent center for emergency medical care defined.section449.0015. Agency to provide nursing in the home defined.section449.017. Residential facility for groups defined.section449.019. Surgical center for ambulatory patients defined.section449.0021. Agency to provide personal care services in the home defined.section449.0025. Board defined.section449.0026. Community-based living arrangement services defined.section449.0027. Community health worker defined.section449.0028. Community health worker pool defined.section449.029. Medical facility further defined.section449.030. License required to operate or maintain medical facility or facility for the dependent.section449.0031. Community triage center defined.section449.0032. Division defined.section449.0033. Facility for hospice care defined.section449.0038. Facility for intermediate care defined.section449.0039. Facility for skilled nursing defined.section449.040. Application for license: Filing; contents.section449.0045. Facility for the dependent defined.section449.0046. Facility for the treatment of irreversible renal disease defined.section449.050. Fees.section449.0055. Facility for transitional living for released offenders defined.section449.065. Surety bond for initial license and renewal of license to operate facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care and agency to provide nursing in home; exemption; exception.section449.0065. Freestanding birthing center defined.section449.067. Substitute for surety bond required for facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups, home for individual residential care and agency to provide nursing in home.section449.068. Surety bond required for initial license and renewal of license to operate facility for refractive surgery.section449.069. Substitute for surety bond required for facility for refractive surgery.section449.080. Issuance, validity and nontransferability of license; inspection of building proposed by applicant for community-based living arrangement services or rehabilitative residential mental health care.section449.085. Form and contents of license.section449.087. Amendment of license required for addition of certain services; requirements for approval of amendment; revocation of approval; standards.section449.089. Expiration and renewal of license; fees.section449.091. Provisional license.section449.092. Applicant for issuance or renewal of license for home for individual residential care to attest to knowledge of and compliance with certain guidelines concerning safe and appropriate injection practices.section449.093. Training to recognize and prevent abuse of older persons: Persons required to receive; frequency; topics; costs; actions for failure to complete.section449.094. Continuing education requirements concerning care of persons with dementia for certain employees of facilities for skilled nursing, facilities for intermediate care and residential facilities for groups.section449.101. Discrimination prohibited; development of antidiscrimination policy; posting of nondiscrimination statement and certain other information; construction of section.section449.102. Duties of licensed facility to protect privacy of patient or resident.section449.103. Regulations requiring training relating specifically to cultural competency for certain agents or employees of facility; maintenance and distribution of list of approved courses and programs; request to provide unapproved course or program; reports.section449.104. Regulations to ensure patients or residents are identified in accordance with their gender identity or expression.section449.0105. Home for individual residential care defined.section449.111. Authorized activities of licensee; requirements governing provision of services.section449.112. Establishment of individualized plan for recipient; reimbursement of Division for overpayment.section449.113. Grounds for denying renewal of license.section449.114. Disclosure and consent before referral: Contents; maintenance of record; provision of copy upon request.section449.0115. Hospice care defined.section449.115. Definitions.section449.119. Facility, hospital, agency, program or home defined.section449.121. Exemption for facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders; exception.section449.122. Investigation of applicant for license to operate facility, hospital, agency, program or home.section449.123. Initial and periodic investigations of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of facility, hospital, agency, program or home; penalty.section449.124. Maintenance and availability of certain records regarding employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of facility, hospital, agency, program or home.section449.125. Termination of employment or contract of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of facility, hospital, agency, program or home who has been convicted of certain crime; period in which to correct information regarding conviction; liability of facility, hospital, agency, program or home.section449.131. Entry and inspection of building and premises by Division, State Fire Marshal or designee and Chief Medical Officer.section449.132. Inspection of medical facility, facility for the dependent or other licensed facility by Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division and Aging and Disability Services Division.section449.133. Report of results of inspections of medical facilities and facilities for the dependent by Division; disclosure of results of inspections of facilities for skilled nursing, facilities for intermediate care and residential facilities for groups.section449.134. Facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups, provider of community-based living arrangement services, provider of rehabilitative residential mental health care or home for individual residential care to provide immediate notification of certain deficiencies to certain persons.section449.141. Definitions.section449.142. Health facility defined.section449.143. Person with limited English proficiency defined.section449.144. Health facility required to take reasonable steps to ensure language access; requirements for services to ensure language access.section449.145. Health facility prohibited from using certain persons as interpreters; exceptions.section449.0145. Licensed practical nurse defined.section449.146. Use of remote interpreter; training to persons who facilitate remote interpreting.section449.147. Qualifications to provide interpretation or translation services.section449.0151. Medical facility defined.section449.0152. Nursing assistant defined.section449.0153. Nursing pool defined.section449.0156. Palliative services defined.section449.0157. Provider of health care defined.section449.0159. Provider of supported living arrangement services defined.section449.160. Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license or registration; revocation of license or registration in connection with certain nuisance activity; log of complaints; information concerning complaint, investigation and disciplinary action to be provided to facility for the care of adults during the day; written report of complaints and disciplinary actions.section449.163. Administrative sanctions: Imposition by Division; disposition of money collected.section449.0165. Psychiatric hospital defined.section449.165. Administrative sanctions: Regulations of Board.section449.0166. Recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders defined.section449.0167. Registered nurse defined.section449.167. Administrative sanctions: Imposition for failure to comply with requirements concerning electronic health information.section449.0168. Rehabilitative residential mental health care defined.section449.170. Denial, suspension or revocation of license or registration or imposition of sanctions: Notice; appeal; adoption of regulations.section449.171. Authority of Division to take control over medical records of medical facility, facility for the dependent or other facility required to be licensed by Division upon suspension of license or cessation of operation; confidentiality; sharing of records with appropriate authorities; regulations.section449.172. Residential facility for groups: Duties of Division and operator upon suspension or revocation of license for abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of occupants.section449.174. Additional grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of license to operate certain facility, hospital, agency, program or home.section449.0175. Rural clinic defined.section449.0177. Rural hospital defined.section449.0178. Rural emergency hospital defined.section449.0179. Senior living community defined.section449.0181. Senior living community referral agency defined.section449.181. Medical facility that has custody of child pursuant to court order to adopt policy relating to medical care and medications for child; employees to receive copy of policy.section449.183. Facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing and residential facility for groups to adopt written policy concerning readmission after temporary transfer of patient or resident.section449.0184. Statewide Central Registry defined.section449.184. Operator of residential facility for groups, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing to post certain information in conspicuous place.section449.0185. Supported living arrangement services defined.section449.186. Supervision of residential facility for groups.section449.187. Supervision of facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care.section449.189. Physician and nurse required to operate independent center to provide emergency medical care.section449.191. Medical facility not required to allow abortions.section449.192. Admission of dentist to membership on medical staff of hospital.section449.193. Facility for intermediate care, facility for skilled nursing, residential facility for groups or home for individual residential care to provide itemized statement of charges upon request to certain persons.section449.194. Certain employees of community health worker pool immune from civil liability resulting from rendering emergency care or assistance.section449.0195. Terminally ill defined.section449.195. Waiver of deductible or copayment; conditions.section449.196. Requirements for and duties of program of hospice care.section449.197. Provision of care by facility for hospice care.section449.198. Requirements for freestanding birthing center; prohibition on surgery; qualifications of director.section449.199. Residential facility for groups and homes for individual residential care prohibited from providing accommodations to persons not meeting requirements for admission; exception.section449.201. Certification required for programs for alcohol or other substance use disorders operated or provided by facility for transitional living for released offenders.section449.202. Classification of hospitals.section449.203. Designation of hospital as comprehensive or primary stroke center; Division to maintain list of hospitals so designated; regulations.section449.204. Misleading name or other designation of facility prohibited.section449.205. Retaliation or discrimination against employees and certain other persons: Prohibition under certain circumstances; medical facility prohibited from restricting right to make report or take certain other actions.section449.207. Retaliation or discrimination against employees and certain other persons: Violation; civil action for certain acts of retaliation or discrimination; damages; equitable relief; rebuttable presumption; civil penalty; time limit for bringing action.section449.208. Retaliation or discrimination against employees or certain other persons: Written notice regarding protections and legal remedies for certain acts of retaliation or discrimination; posting of notice; inclusion of notice in employee handbook.section449.209. Prohibition against medical facility or employee of medical facility making certain referrals to residential facilities for groups; civil penalties; system to track violations.section449.210. Penalties for unlicensed operation of medical facility, facility for the dependent or other facility required to be licensed by Division; cease and desist order; authority of Division to bring action; penalty for operating without a license; use of money collected.section449.220. Action to enjoin violations.section449.240. Institution and conduct of prosecutions.section449.241. Definitions.section449.242. Establishment of staffing committee by certain hospitals in larger counties; membership; duty to develop documented staffing plan; duty to consider certain requests; quarterly meetings.section449.243. Itemized list of charges required; use of Uniform Billing and Claims Forms authorized; contracted rates; summary of charges.section449.245. Release of child from hospital; provision of authorization for release and other information to Division of Child and Family Services; disclosure of information; penalty.section449.246. Hospital or freestanding birthing center to provide information relating to voluntary acknowledgment or establishment of paternity before discharging unmarried woman who has borne child; regulations.section449.247. Powers and duties of Division and State Board of Nursing with respect to nursing assistants and medication aides - certified and training of nursing assistants and medication aides - certified; provision of information to State Board of Nursing.section449.248. Additional services to be provided by agency to provide nursing in home.section449.250. Short title.section449.260. Definitions.section449.270. Authority to constitute sole agency of State for certain purposes.section449.280. Duties of Authority.section449.300. Inventory of existing health facilities; development of program for construction of facilities.section449.0301. Exemptions.section449.0302. Board to adopt standards, qualifications and other regulations.section449.0303. Authority of Board to require licensing of other facilities.section449.0304. Board to adopt regulations authorizing employees of certain facilities to perform certain tasks.section449.0305. Businesses that provide referrals to residential facilities for groups and certain other group housing arrangements: License required; standards and regulations; provision of referrals; prohibited acts; civil penalties.section449.0306. Money received from licensing of facilities to be deposited in State General Fund; expenditure of state or federal money by Division.section449.0307. Powers of Division.section449.0308. Authority of Division to collect actual cost of enforcing provisions from unlicensed medical facility, facility for the dependent or certain other facilities; authorized use of money collected; exceptions.section449.310. Requirements of program for construction of health facilities.section449.320. Application for federal money; deposit of money.section449.00325. Employment agency defined.section449.340. Authority to prescribe minimum standards; standards to supersede local ordinances and regulations; penalty.section449.345. Restriction on adoption of regulations concerning construction, maintenance, operation or safety of building, structure or other property.section449.360. Application for construction of health facility: Filing; compliance with federal and state requirements.section449.370. Application for construction of health facility: Notice and hearing; approval and forwarding.section449.380. Inspection of construction of health facility; certification by Authority.section449.00385. Facility for modified medical detoxification defined.section449.00387. Facility for refractive surgery defined.section449.390. Authority to receive and distribute federal money; Health Facilities Assistance Fund; deposits, use and controls.section449.400. State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund: Creation; administration.section449.410. State assistance for construction of certain projects; eligibility of project for assistance.section449.420. Amount of state assistance: Allocations; payments.section449.430. Money from State Public Health Facilities Construction Assistance Fund to be paid in installments.section449.431. Certificate required; exception; penalty.section449.432. Application for renewal of certificate: Information concerning state business license required; conditions which require denial.section449.433. Maintenance and availability of certain records regarding employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor of organization.section449.435. Definitions.section449.436. Conscious sedation defined.section449.437. Deep sedation defined.section449.438. General anesthesia defined.section449.439. Physician defined.section449.441. Exemptions from provisions for certain physicians offices and facilities.section449.442. Permit required for certain physicians offices and facilities to offer services; national accreditation required; cessation of services for failure to maintain accreditation.section449.443. Application for permit; fee; inspection by Division; term of permit.section449.444. Application for renewal of permit; fee.section449.445. National accreditation required of surgical center for ambulatory patients; inspection by Division; cessation of operation for failure to maintain accreditation.section449.446. Annual inspections of holders of permits and surgical centers for ambulatory patients; correction of deficiencies identified in inspections; reporting of inspections to Legislature.section449.447. Disciplinary action for certain violations or failure to correct deficiency; notification to State Board of Osteopathic Medicine of violations; administrative sanctions.section449.448. Regulations.section449.450. Definitions.section449.00455. Facility for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders defined.section449.460. Powers of Director.section449.465. Authority of Director to impose fees; maximum amount of fees collected; requirement to impose fee for support of Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.section449.470. Director may use staff or contract for services.section449.476. Committee to ensure quality of care: Formation by hospital; general requirements.section449.485. Hospital required to use discharge form prescribed by Director; electronic monthly reporting; exception to electronic reporting; use of information by Authority.section449.490. Financial statements and reports required to be filed with Authority; additional reporting requirements for hospitals with 100 or more beds; availability of complete current charge master.section449.500. Director to carry out analyses and studies concerning cost of health care.section449.510. Director to prepare and file summaries, compilations or other reports; public inspection; collection, maintenance, disclosure or publication of contracts or identification of party to contract prohibited.section449.520. Reports to Governor and legislative committees; development of comprehensive plan by Joint Interim Standing Committee on Health and Human Services.section449.530. Administrative fine for violation.section449.531. Unlawful acts; exception; penalty.section449.0915. Endorsement of hospital as crisis stabilization center: Issuance; application; requirements; renewal.section449.0925. Regulations prescribing mandatory training for unlicensed caregivers; posting of list of providers of training on Internet website; duties of administrator or person in charge of facility.section449.1135. Registration; fee; renewal.section449.1145. Prohibitions; duties; exception; methods of compensation.section449.1147. Regulations.section449.1195. Psychiatric residential treatment facility defined.section449.1235. Temporary employment service prohibited from sending ineligible employee to facility, hospital, agency, program or home; temporary employment service to provide certain information regarding its employees.section449.01513. Medication aide - certified defined.section449.01515. Mobile unit defined.section449.01517. Nonmedical services related to personal care to elderly persons or persons with disabilities defined.section449.1815. Medical facility prohibited from allowing person who is not enrolled at accredited medical school to perform or participate in activity for credit toward medical degree.section449.1818. Off-campus location of hospital to obtain distinct national provider identifier; inclusion of national provider identifier of off-campus location or independent center for emergency medical care on claims for reimbursement.section449.1821. Hospital to accept payment through Medicare; exceptions; duties of hospitals that provide birthing services concerning Medicaid.section449.1822. Hospital to provide for insertion or injection of long-acting reversible contraception immediately after birth upon request; exceptions; religious objection by provider of health care; maximum amounts charged to third party.section449.1823. Hospital to provide notice to Medicaid patients with nontraumatic dental injuries of teledentistry providers in Medicaid managed care networks.section449.1824. Duties of hospital and licensed entity that provides care for patient upon discharge to ensure dietary needs of patient are met.section449.1825. Required posting of certain information concerning quality of certain facilities on Internet and in facilities.section449.1845. Administrator of residential facility for groups to conduct annual assessment of history of each resident and cause provider of health care to conduct certain examinations and assessments; placement based on assessment.section449.1865. Certain residential facilities for groups to be equipped with fire sprinkler system.section449.1885. Establishment of working group to develop document concerning sexual assault; distribution of document to hospitals, independent centers for emergency medical care and patients who are victims; duties of hospital and independent center for emergency medical care; access to emergency contraception.section449.1887. Duties of hospital or independent center for emergency medical care concerning victim of mass casualty incident; reporting; recording of unique identifier; provision of information; immunity.section449.1915. Provision of special diet to patient for whom special diet has been ordered; documentation; clinical privileges for licensed dietitian.section449.1918. Time period within which hospital must process certain percentage of credentialing requests; notification concerning incomplete request; report; no penalty for violation.section449.1923. Admission of advanced practice registered nurse to membership on medical staff of hospital.section449.1925. Staff privileges for telehealth providers.section449.1935. Agency to provide personal care services in the home authorized to provide certain services to elderly persons and persons with disabilities.section449.2035. Designation of hospital as STEMI receiving center; Division to maintain list of hospitals so designated; regulations.section449.2413. Certified nursing assistant defined.section449.2414. Health care facility defined.section449.2416. Licensed nurse defined.section449.2417. Practice of surgical technology defined.section449.2418. Unit defined.section449.2419. Duties of health care facility that employs or allows person to engage in practice of surgical technology.section449.2421. Certain health care facilities in larger counties required to make available to Division written policy that allows refusal of or objection to work assignments and documented staffing plan; requirements of staffing plan and flexibility for adjustments.section449.2423. Certain health care facilities in larger counties to adopt written policy to allow nurse or certified nursing assistant to refuse or object to work assignments; requirements of policy; maintenance of records of refusals of and objections to work assignments.section449.2425. Division to adopt regulations establishing system for rating certain health care facilities on compliance with requirements relating to staffing: Division to post final star rating and report of unresolved violations of law on Internet website; health care facility to post its rating in facility.section449.2428. Division required to ensure that certain health care facilities comply with provisions; regulations.section449.2455. Authority of hospital to enter into agreement with Armed Forces of United States for provision of medical care by certain persons acting under federal authority.section449.2465. Persons entitled to results of tests performed at laboratory regarding patient of rural hospital.section449.2475. Unlicensed insurer not allowed to make payment directly to person who received services in certain circumstances; limitation on civil and criminal liability.section449.2477. Requirements concerning dispute resolution clause in contract relating to provision of care by facility for long-term care.section449.2485. Return to dispensing pharmacy of unused prescription drug dispensed to patient of facility for skilled nursing or facility for intermediate care for purpose of reissuing drug or transferring drug.section449.2486. Facility for care of adults during the day to maintain and provide certain information; form in which information to be provided.section449.2487. Notice to be provided by certain facilities which offer independent living.section449.2488. Nevada Health Authority to develop brochure and website to assist persons who are 55 years of age or older in determining appropriate level of care and type of housing; information to be included in brochure and website.section449.2489. Definitions.section449.03005. License to operate employment agency that contracts with persons in State to provide certain nonmedical services; standards and regulations; licensed employment agency prohibited from making certain referrals; civil penalty.section449.03008. Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining license; fee; posting of requirements for license and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report.section449.03013. Facility for the dependent, medical facility or agency to provide personal care services in the home that employs community health workers not required to obtain additional license.section449.03017. Person otherwise licensed under this chapter exempt from requirement to obtain license to operate employment agency that contracts with persons to provide certain nonmedical services.section449.03075. Duty of Division to compile and post information concerning licensing status and quality of certain facilities for the treatment of alcohol or other substance use disorders.section449.4304. Intermediary service organization defined.section449.4308. Authority to provide services.section449.4309. Board to adopt regulations authorizing employee of intermediary service organization to perform certain tasks.section449.4311. Application for certificate: Contents.section449.4312. Application for certificate: Social security number required.section449.4313. Application for certificate: Statement regarding obligation of child support; grounds for denial; duty of Division.section449.4314. Application for certificate: Fee.section449.4315. Prohibition on denial of application based on immigration or citizenship status; alternative personally identifying number required by applicant with no social security number; confidentiality of social security or alternative personally identifying number.section449.4316. Petition to determine if criminal history will disqualify person from obtaining certificate; fee; posting of requirements for certificate and list of disqualifying crimes on Internet; report.section449.4317. Issuance of certificate; nontransferability.section449.4318. Form and contents of certificate.section449.4319. Expiration and renewal of certificate.section449.4321. Grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of certificate.section449.4322. Suspension of certificate for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of certificate.section449.4324. Provisional certificate.section449.4325. Deposit of money received; expenses of Division to enforce provisions.section449.4327. Regulations; powers of Division.section449.4329. Initial and periodic investigations of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor; penalty.section449.4331. Termination of employment or contract of employee, employee of temporary employment service or independent contractor who has been convicted of certain crime; period in which to correct information regarding conviction; liability of organization.section449.4332. Additional grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of certificate.section449.4335. Administrative sanctions: Imposition by Division; consequences of failure to pay; use of money collected.section449.4336. Administrative sanctions: Regulations.section449.4337. Notice by Division of disciplinary action; exception; appeal.section449.4338. Action to enjoin violations.section449.4339. Prosecution by district attorney.section449.4445. Legislative findings and declaration concerning oversight of surgical centers for ambulatory patients.section449.4465. Report of Division concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients.section449.24175. Surgical technologist defined.section449.24185. Conditions under which health care facility may employ or allow person to engage in practice of surgical technology.section449.24195. Applicability of provisions concerning surgical technology.section449.24891. Ophthalmologist defined.section449.24892. Postoperative care defined.section449.24893. Preoperative care defined.section449.24894. Surgical treatment for a refractive error of the eye defined.section449.24895. Certain persons not required to obtain license to operate and maintain facility; filing of affidavit with Division required.section449.24896. Surgical treatments at facility must be performed by licensed ophthalmologist; availability of ophthalmologist.section449.24898. Collaboration between ophthalmologist and optometrist authorized pursuant to NRS 636.374 .section449.43295. Temporary employment service prohibited from sending ineligible employee to organization; temporary employment service to provide certain information regarding its employees.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-449.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026